The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery
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Martin Beck mysteries volume 0008
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Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2010
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The stunning eighth installment in the Martin Beck mystery series by the renowned Swedish crime writing duo is a masterful take on a classic locked room mystery. With an introduction by Michael Connelly: "One of the most authentic, gripping, and profound collections of police procedurals ever accomplished."
A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart is found in a locked room–with no gun at the scene. The crimes seem disparate, but to Martin Beck they are two pieces of the same puzzle, and solving it becomes the one way he can escape the pains of his failed marriage and the lingering effects of a near-fatal bullet wound. Exploring the ramifications of egotism and intellect, luck and accident, this tour de force of detection bears the unmistakable substance and gravity of real life.
A young blonde in sunglasses robs a bank and kills a hapless citizen. Across town, a corpse with a bullet shot through its heart is found in a locked room–with no gun at the scene. The crimes seem disparate, but to Martin Beck they are two pieces of the same puzzle, and solving it becomes the one way he can escape the pains of his failed marriage and the lingering effects of a near-fatal bullet wound. Exploring the ramifications of egotism and intellect, luck and accident, this tour de force of detection bears the unmistakable substance and gravity of real life.
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Street Date:
11/17/2010
Language:
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9780307772831
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Maj Sjowall. (2010). The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Maj Sjowall. 2010. The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Maj Sjowall, The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.
MLA Citation (style guide)Maj Sjowall. The Locked Room: A Martin Beck Police Mystery. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, 2010.
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